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Letters Patent No. 111,843, dated February 14, 1871.

lMPROVEMENT CLOTHES-LINE FASTENERS- The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. HENDEY, of Wolcottville, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuable Improveinent in Clothes-Line Fastener; and I- do hereby declare that the. following is a full, clear, and exact (lescription'of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification and to the letters and figures. of reference marked'thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representat n of my invention in front view.

Figure 2 is a side view f the saine.

Figure 3 is a plan View Figure 4 is a plan view, showing'the application of the clothes-line. Y

My invention has relation to clothes-line fasteners,

and consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a cam-clutch intended to serve as an efiicient means for holdingoue end or any portion of a clothesline rigidly in any required position.

The letter A of the drawing represents the backplate of my fastener, provided'at its ends with suitable screw-holes, a a, for the passage of the screws by which the fastener is secured to a fence or other sta- E-ion'ary rest.

The central portion, 0', of this back-plate is convex, and vertically grooved or corrugated.

Extending out in front of this back-plate, and cast therewith, is the bracket, provided with a supporting rib, b, on its under side. I

G represents the cam, which is secured to the plate B near its end .by the spindle-l), and is intended to swing horizontally thereon.

This spindle extends through the cam, projecting about the width of the springlt.

The cam G is slotted longitudinally, and is provided, in the under edgesof the lateral walls of the slot, with the oblique circular grooves ,e e, through which pass the pins 72' I), which extend upward from the hackplate B. When the cam is moved in either direction, one of-these small pins strikes against the opposite inside wall of the slot in the'eam and prevents it from swinging too far and breaking the spring.

The end of the cam G is convex and corrugated, as shown at c,'and its central point justescapes the convexity of the plate A.

.h represents the spring, one end of which is secured in the spindle b in such a manner as to prevent it from becoming loose or falling out. This spring serves to keep the cam always pressed against theclothcs-line.

The other end of this spring passes between small lugs, f, on the earn 0, but is not fastened there.

The operation is as follows:

The cam ispulled to one side and the clothes-line adj ustecl between its corrugated end and the backlate A in therequired position.

By pulling the clothes-line inthe direction of the arrow, as shown in fig. 4, the spring h, holding the cam Gin position against the rope,-it will be securely held by its ownteusion. 4

While the corrugations of the cam have the convex or escaloped form, those of the plate A are fluted or concave. The object ofithis arrangement is to provide for thebetter security of the rope, as it will be pressed into the concave channels of the plate A by the convex ribs of the cam. v This cam, byits simple construction, small size,andthe cheapness with which it can be manufactured, renders it very useful forthe purpose for which it is intended. It can. be cast out of iron, brass, orlothcr metal, or it can heinade of wood.

Having thusdescribed'myinventiou,

claim as new, and fineire ecure Let. ters Patent, is

Theclothes-line fastener herein described, having corrugated cam O, corrugated back-plate A, spring 71-,

and pins b b, substantially as and for the purposes" to subscribed my name in the presence of two witllGSSGS.

' HENRY J HENDEY. Witnesses:

Ones. F. Cannon, W. S. Lnwls. 

